Tax/Finance Resources

Backgrounds and General Information
30-Dec-05

ITAA Calls for R&D Tax Credit Renewal

Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today urged Congress to pass a strengthened research and development tax credit when it reconvenes in the new year and said lawmakers missed a critical opportunity to bolster a recovering economy by failing to act before the cr More...
19-Oct-05

Streamlined Sales Tax Project

The Streamlined Sales Tax Project (“SSTP”) is an effort created by state governments, with input from local governments and the private sector, to simplify and modernize sales and use tax collection and administration. The effort has been ongoing since March, 2000, when the project was organize More...
Comment and Letters
25-Jul-06

ITAA Goes to Bat for BATSA

ITAA presses lawmakers to pass a bill that would clearly delineate between business activity taxes on companies and transaction (such as sales) taxes and bar states from imposing the former where no substantial physical presence exists. More...
20-Dec-05

ITAA Comments on President's Tax Reform Panel Proposals

In a letter to Treasury Secretary Snow, ITAA applauds a comprehensive series of corporate tax proposals that reduce the rate but presses for changes that will drop the US rate to the average for OECD member nations. More...
22-Oct-05

Multi-Association R and D Tax Credit Letter

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31-Mar-05

Urging IRS to Change Restrictions on S199 Regulations

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30-Jun-04

FASB Stock Options Exposure Draft

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Editorials
19-Oct-05

Destination Based Sourcing and the SSTP

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Other
18-Oct-05

ITAA Moves to Inform Members on State Sales Tax Modernization

Twenty two states moved to simplify state sales and use tax collection and remittance as of October 1, 2005, significantly impacting information technology companies. That's why, on October 12, the Information Technology Association of America sponsored a symposium on the Streamlined Sales Tax Proj More...
Positions and Statements
22-Feb-08

Top Ten Policy Issues

1. Promote Competitiveness of US IT Industry at Home and in Global markets

a. Take steps to retain jobs, assure ready availability of technical talent, nurture innovation and foster entrepreneurial growth and global competitiveness, including:.

  • Double the graduates in Sc More...
15-Oct-07

ITAA urges Congress to make permanent the Internet Tax Freedom Act before its November 1, 2007 expiration

In a letter addressed to the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ITAA urged Congress to promptly make permanent the Internet Tax Freedom Act before it expires on November 1, 2007. If t More...
01-Jan-05

Racing to the Horizon: Competition, Innovation and Enlightened Public Policy

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Presentations
19-Oct-05

SSTP Current Developments Presentation

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Press Release
09-Nov-07

ITAA Applauds Michigan Legislature for Repeal of Service Tax

Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today applauded the Michigan State Senate and House of Representatives for passing a repeal of a six-percent tax on services scheduled to take effect next month. The Association said the tax would have been "a disaster for busi More...
09-Nov-07

ITAA Calls Upon Maryland Lawmakers to Oppose Computer Services Tax

Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today objected to a last-minute measure slipped into a tax package under consideration in the Maryland legislature that would tax computer services in the state.

The Association called upon lawmakers in the House of Delegat More...

31-Mar-05

ITAA Urges Changes to IRS Restrictions on Section 199 Benefits

Arlington, VA, - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today filed comments seeking changes to the way the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) interprets the use of online software for granting Internal Revenue Code section 199 benefits. The American Jobs Creation Act, signed into la More...
25-Mar-05

ITAA Names Stephanie Childs as Vice President for Tax Policy

Arlington, VA, - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) is pleased to announce that Stephanie Childs will join the organization as vice president for government affairs and tax policy.

Effective April 4, Childs will lead ITAA's Tax and Software Policy Committees, hand More...

02-Feb-05

ITAA Condemns Wisconsin for Wriggling Out of Internet Tax Moratorium

Arlington, VA, – The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today attacked Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle’s administration for defying federal legislation banning Wisconsin state taxes on Internet access.

The Doyle Administration announced last week that it does not intend to More...

Studies and Surveys
11-Jun-08

Lapsed R&D Tax Credit Costs America

The lapse of a tax credit for corporate research and development could cost the American economy nearly $51 million a day, according to an estimate released by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA).

“Inaction in Congress is costing America – in innovation, in jobs and in eco More...

Testimony
24-Jun-03

The Internet, European Union and Value Added Tax

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